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JavaScript Programmer's Reference - Window Object

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Window Object

Object/browser
Internet Explorer 3.02
Netscape Navigator 2

Window Methods

NameMSIENNavNotes
alert()3.022
attachEvent()5-This functionality is unavailable on the Macintosh version of the MSIE browser upto at least version 5.
back()-4
blur()43
clearInterval()44
clearTimeout()3.022
close()3.022Do not confuse this method with the document.close() method.
confirm()3.022
detachEvent()5-
disableExternalCapture()-4UniversalBrowserWrite privilege required to enable the external capture again.
enableExternalCapture()-4
execScript()4-
find()-4
focus()43
forward()-4
home()-4
moveBy()44
moveTo()44
navigate()3.02-
open()3.022Do not confuse the window.open() method with document.open().
print()54This does not appear to work on the Macintosh at version 4.7 of Netscape Navigator.
prompt()3.022
resizeBy()44
resizeTo()44
scroll()43
scrollBy()44Vertical scrolling in Netscape Navigator moves in the reverse direction to MSIE.
scrollTo()44Vertical scrolling in Netscape Navigator moves in the reverse direction to MSIE.
setHotkeys()-4
setInterval()44The functionality of this method is more limited in MSIE version 4.
setResizable()-4
setTimeout()3.022
setZOptions()-4
showHelp()4-THis is not supported on the Macintosh platform.
showModalDialog()4-
showModelessDialog()5-
stop()-4

Window Functions

NameMSIENNavNotes
atob()-4
btoa()-4
captureEvents()-4
handleEvent()-4
releaseEvents()-4
routeEvent()-4This entire mechanism may become obsolete when the W3C standardised the event handling process for the Document Object Model.

Window Properties

NameMSIENNavNotes
clientInformation4-
clipboardData5-
closed43
crypto-4.04
defaultStatus3.022The default status value may not be properly restored on some platforms.
dialogArguments4-
dialogHeight4-
dialogLeft4-
dialogTop4-
dialogWidth4-
document3.022
event4-The MSIE event-handling model is radically different to the Netscape Navigator event-handling model.
external5-
frame5-Using this property renders your scripts non-portable unless you code around the missing property on non MSIE browsers.
frameRate-4
history43This appears to be only partially supported on MSIE for Macintosh.
innerHeight-4
innerWidth-4
java-3
length42
location3.022
locationbar-4
menubar-4
name3.022This is not the title text for the window.
navigator42
netscape-3
offscreenBuffering44
onblur43
ondragdrop-4Note that this does not appear to work in Netscape Navigator version 4.7 for Macintosh.
onerror43
onfocus43
onload3.022
onmove-4
onresize44
onunload3.022
opener43Not supported by Netscape Navigator version 2 or version 3 of MSIE.
outerHeight-4
outerWidth-4
Packages-3
pageXOffset-4
pageYOffset-4
parent3.022
personalbar-4
pkcs11-4.04
returnValue4-
screen44This may not behave the same on all platform configurations.
screenLeft5-
screenTop5-
screenX-4
screenY-4
scrollbars-4
secure-4
self3.022
sidebar-6
status3.022
statusbar-4
sun-3
toolbar-4
top3.022Note that this value is not necessarily the same as the parent property.
window3.022

Window Collectons

NameMSIENNavNotes
frames[]3.022


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